Bathroom fixture



Nov. 8, 1927. 1,647,984

L. BLOCH BATHROOM FIXTURE Filed 0013.28, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 elf/1101 M14 atenta No.. 8, 1927. r 1,647,984 UNITED srArEs PATENT oFFicE.

LEON BLOCH, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE REPUBLIC :BRASS COMPANY, 0F

CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

sazrrmooiuV FIXTURE.

Application mea october as, 192e. serial no. 144,699.

This invention relates generally to bathv iew showing my improved fixture posiroom fixtures and more particularly to an tioned within an opening in a wall structure improved construction of fixture adapted to with the escutcheon plate secured in place be positioned within an openin in a wall pver the opening; F ig. 2 is a view partly of a bathroom and by means o which the 1n vertical section and partly in eleva-tion 60 water can be directed either to the tub or` of my improved fixture with the inlet and to the shower as desired. outlet pipes secured thereto; Fig. 3 is a verti- The'main object of the invention is to cal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 provide an exceedingly neat and simple deand Fig 4 is a vertical sectional view on 1U vice which Will display prominently only the line 4--4 of Fig. 1. 4 65 the operating mechanism for the valves, the Referring now to the drawings the numvalves themselves being enclosed Within a eral 1 designates acasing which is prefercasing disposed within an opening in a Wall ably shaped as shown although it is understructure. stood that any other convenient shape may Another object of the invention is to probe employed. The casing 1 is provided with 70 vide a single casing in which are -housed connections 2 and 3 adapted to be connected i the inlet control valves and the valves for with hot and cold water pipes 4 and 5, rediverting the ilow to the shower or to the spectively, by means of unions 6 and 7 and tub, such casing being disposed within an collars 6 and 7. Each union isy provided 2o opening in a wall structure and detachably with a partition Shaving an opening there- 75 connected with the inlet and outlet pipes in in shaped to provide a valve seat against such a manner that the casing and valves which seats a valve 9. The stem 10 ofv the may be removed as a'unit. valve 9 extends through a suitable stuffing A further object of the invention isy to box and at its outer end is provided with provide a valve casing of the character a tool engaging portion b means of which described which is provided with detachable -the valve may be actuate The inlet conconnections for connecting the same with nections 2 and 3 are preferably cast integral the hot and cold water inlet pipes and with with the bottom of the casing and form in a pair ot' discharge pipes leading respectiveeffect inlet chambers for hot and cold water. ly to a shower head and to a bathtub faucet Each of the inlet chambers communicates and in which the `inlet connections are prowith the interior of the casing as shown in vided with auxiliary valves which may be Fig. 1 through inletopenings provided in closed to prevent thefiow of water to the the bottom of the casing. Threadedly casing and permit the casing to be readily mounted in the inlet opening 2 is a sleeve i removed. 11 having an outwardly projecting periph- 9o A further object of the invention is to eral Hange 12 thereon and the sleeve is in provide an operating mechanism for the inlet open communication withV the inlet chamber valves which may be adjusted to vary the through its bottom and also through port length of the valve actuating member so 13. The upper end of the sleeve is exteriorly A4o as to accommodate the device for use with threaded and is provided with an inwardly 95 walls of different thickness. l projecting annular iiange 15, the upper side 'A still further object of the invention is of the sleeve being recessed to receive an to provide a bathroom fixture of the charannular packing washer 14 which forms acter described in which all of the necessary a valve seat against which the valve 19 seats as valves are arranged withina single casing and is secured in place by a collar or nut loo y and which is well adapted for quantity pro- 16. The lower end of the sleeve 11 projects duction at comparatively low cost. downwardly into the inlet chamber and has The invention consists in the novel feaits lower end open and positioned within tures of construction and in the' manner of this opening is a light coil spring 17 which 5o combining and arranging the various parts, supports a cup shaped plate 18 on which x05 all of which will be more fully described rests loosely aiball valve 19. The spring hereinafter and set forth in the appended 17 urges the valve 19 towards its seat but its claims. mainfunction is to prevent chattering of In the drawings forming a part of this the valve as the valve seats in the-direction se specification, Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional of flow of the water. The inlet connection ilo 3 and its associated parts are identical with the inlet connection 2 and hence only one will be described in detail.

'Preferably cast integral with the bottom of the casing near its central portion is an outlet chamber 20 having a portion 21 therein dividing the same into a pair of outlet compartments 22 and 23 to which are connecte respectively outlet ipes 24 and 25 leading one to a shower hea and the other to a bathtub. The outlet compartments 22 and 23 each communicate with the interior'of the casing through suitable openings provided in the bottom of the same. Threadedly mounted in the aforementioned openings are bushings 26 shaped to provide valve seats in which seat valves 27 and 28 of the type disclosed in my copending application Serial No. 93,911 filed March 11, 1926. 'I he valves 27 and 28 have stems 29 and 30 which extend through the top of the casing and at their outer ends are providedwith push buttons' 31 and 32. The valve stems 29 and 30 are connected by a link 33 which is pivotally mounted on a post 34 so that when onel of the valves is closed the other is open and vice versa. The casing 1 is closed y a cover plate 35 which is secured to the top of the casing by screws 36 and the cover plate is provide with Stuiling boxes 37 and 38 through which the valve stems 29 and 30 work. The cover plate 35 is also provided adjacent each end with an opening 37 which is interiorly threaded as shown and which lies immediately above and opposite the inlet connections 2 and 3. Secured within each opening 37 is the actuating valves. The actuatin mechanism for the two inlet valves are i entical and only one will be described in detail.

The actuating Amechanism for the inlet valve is so constructed and mounted as to be adjustable for walls'of diterent thickness. For accomplis this result the top plate 36 is provlded with a depending interio'rly threaded psrtion designated 38, m the lower end of w 'ch is slidably mounted a valve actuating member 39 having a longitudinally extending slot 40 therein and through which extends a pin 41 for guiding the same. The upper end of the member 39 is recessed and interiorly threaded as shown at 42 to receive therein a valve actuating member 43. The valve actuating member 43 is operatively connected to a cam lever 44 which is pivotally mounted on a bracket 45 which is threadedly secured in opening 37 as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. The casing 1 and its assoeiated parts are' adapted to be positioned behind a wall as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The cam lever 44 is provided with a handle 46 which projects through a slot 47 in an escutcheon plate 48 secured over the opening in the wall.

When the cam lever 46 is depressed the mechanism for the inlet valve actuating member 43 which is threadedly received in recess 42 is also moved and the stem 39 is moved to engage the valve 19 and move the same away from its seat. The threads in the member 43 are of the same pitch as the threads on the interior of the opening 37. When the bracket 45 is turned the member 43 turns with it and is moved outwardly within the recess 42. It will therefore be seen that the member 43 may be adjusted so as to vary the effective length of the stroke of the valve stem 39 so that it is necessary merely to move the bracket 45 in or out to accommodate the device to walls of different thickness, the movement of the handle 46 being always the same.

When it is desired to remove the casing 1,

the valve stems 10 may be actuated by a.

screw driver or other suitable tool to move the valves 9 against their seats to cut ot the flow of water to the casing. The casing 1 may then be disconnected from the hot and cold water inlet pipes 4 and 5 and from the discharge pipes 24 and 25 and removed through the opening in the wall as a unit. The escutcheon plate 48 completely covers the opening in the wall structure and the handles 46 'and push buttons 31 and 32 extend throu h suitably shaped openings in the same. T e supply of hot and cold water is regulated by moving the handles 46 and the water may be diverted to a shower head or to the tub by pressing one or the other of the push buttons 31 or 32.

It will now be clear that I have provided a device which will accomplish the objects of the invention as hereinbefore stated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a casing having a pair of inlet openings and two or more outlet openings, valves for controlling the sup ly of water through said inlet openings, va ves for diverting the flow of water through any one of said outlet open ings, all of said valves being enclosed by said casing, a cover for said casing, stems for said valves rojectng through said cover, an apertured pliate in which said stems work.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing adapted to be inserted in an opening in a wall structure and having a pair of inlet openings and a plurality of outlet openings, valves arran ed within said casing and controlling the ow through said inlet openings. a pluralit of valves arranged within said casing an adapted to'be alternately opened and closed to divert the iiow through an one of said outlet openings, a cover for sai casing, stems for said valves extending through sald cover and an apertured plate for covering the opening in the wall structure and in which said valve stems work.

3. A device of the class described comprising a casing having inlet and outlet connections, inlet pipes det-achably connected with said inlet connections and outlet pipes detachably connectediwith said outlet connections, inlet valves arranged Within said cas-l ing for controlling the flow into said casing, valve means Within said casing for diverting the flow through anyone of said outlet connections and inlet valve actuating mechanism carried by said casing and means for adjusting the position of said inlet valve actuating mechanism with respect to said inlet valves. i

4. in a device of the class described, 'a casingadapted to be arranged Within an openf ing in a Wall structure and having a pair of inlet openings therein adapted to be detachably connected to hot and cold Water supply pipes, valves arranged Within said casing and adapted to regulate the How ot' water through said inlets, a plurality ot' outlet pipes detachably connected With said casingand valve means for diverting the flow of Water through any one ot said outlet pipes, operating mechanism for said inlet valves if carried by said casing and means for adjusting the position of said valve operating mechanism with respect to said inlet valves, said inlet valves and their operating mechanism being removable as a unit along With said casing.

5. In a device of the class described, a casing having a pair of inlets and a plurality of outlets, a pair of valves for controlling the dow through said inlets, valve means for diverting the flow through either of said outlets, valve actuating mechanism for each of said inlet valves comprising an adjustable valve actuating member, means tor operating said valve actuating member to move said valve from its seat and means for increasing or decreasing the length ot' said valve actuating member.

6. A device as set forth in claim 5 in Which said valves and valve actuating mechanism are carried by siad casing and removable therewith las a-unit.

7. A fixture of the class described comprising a casing adapted to be disposed With- 1n an opemng in a Wall structure and having a plurality of inlet openings and a plurality of outlet openings, inlet connections for connecting said inlet openings with hot and cold Water inlet pipes, an auxiliary valve in each of said inlet connections, outlet connections for connecting said .outlet openings with outlet pipes, valves Within said casing for controlling the flow through saidinlet open-` ings and valve means Within said casing for selectively diverting the flow through any one of said outlet pipes, a4 cover for said casing, the actuating means for said inlet and outlet valves extending through said cover, an apertured escutcheon` plate secured over the opening in the Wall structure and through which the actuating means for said valve mechanism for controlling t valves extend, said escutcheon plate and opening in' the-Wall structure being of sulficient size to render said auxiliary valves and',

let connection-disconnected and said casing Y and its contained valve mechanisms removed from said opening as a unit.

8. A bathroom fixture including a pali' of `valves for'controlling the supply of hot and cold Water respectively, independent valve mechanism for diverting the flow through any one of a ,plurality of outlets, said pair of valves and valve mechanism 4being positioned Within a single opening in 'a Wall Structure and a single apertured escutcheon plate secured over said opening, separate and independent operating means for said pair of valves and for said diverter valve mechanism, a part of each of said operating means extending through said apertured escutcheon plate and operable from the exterior thereof.

9. In a device of the class described, a casing adapted to be inserted in an opening in a -Wall structure and having a pair of inlet openings being adapted .to be connected to hot and cold water supply pipes,

e supply of hot and cold Water tov said casing, two or more outlets leading from said casing and separate and independent valve mechanism for diverting the flow of Water through any' one of said outlets, said valve mechanisms being arranged Within said casing and removable from said Wall opening as a unit along with said casing, an apertured escutcheon plate for covering the opening in the wall structure, the operating handles for each of said valve mechanisms extending through the escutcheon plate and operable from .the exterior thereof.

10. A bathroom fixture comprising a casing adapted to be inserted within an opening in a Wall structure and having a pair of inlet openings adapted to be connected with hot and cold Water supply pipes, valve mechanism arranged Within said casing and adapted to regulate theA supplyof hot and cold Water to said casing, tWo or more outlets leading therefrom and separate and independent valve mechanism arranged Within said casing and adapted to divert the How of water through any one of said outlets, an apertured escutcheon plate secured over the Wall, the operating handles for each of said valve mehanisms extending through said apertured escutcheon plate and operable from the exterior thereof.

11. A device of the class described comprising-a casing adapted to be. positioned Within an openlng ina Wall structure and having a pair of inlets, detachable connections`\connecting said pair of .inlets with hot said. casing having and cold water supply pipes, a pair of valves arranged Within said casing land adapted to control the supply of hot and cold Water through said inlets, a pair of outlets leading from said casing and valve mechanism arranged within said casing for diverting the flow through either of said outlets, a valve in each of said detachable connections serving as additional means for cutting oil the supply of hot and cold water, an apertured escutcheon plate secured over the'opening in the wall structure, the operating handles for said pair of valves and said value mechanism extending through said apertured escuteheon plate and operable from the exterior thereof, said escutcheon plate being of such a size with respect to the opening in the wall structure as to render the valves in said detachable connection accessible through the opening whereby the valves in the detachable connections may be closed and said inlet and outlet connections disconnected and said casing and its contained valve mechanism removed from said opening as a unit.

12. A bathroom fixture comprlsing a casing adapted to be secured within an opening in the wall structure and having a pair of inlets adapted to be connected to hot and cold water supply pipes respectively und a plurality of outlets leading therefrom, a valve mechanism for controlling the supply of hot and cold water through said inlets, separate and independent valve mechanism for diverting the flow through any one of said plurality of outlets, said valve mechanisms being arranged within said casing and removable from said wall opening as a unit along with said casing, a single apertured escutcheon plate secured over said opening,

a part ofthe operating means for each of said valve mechanisms extending through said apertured escutcheon plate andpoperable from the exterior thereof.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

LEON BLOCH. 

